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DIY claim has it right
BOLTON DIY store B&Q earned praise from a Government minister for employing so many over-50s. At the Bolton Gate store, more than a fifth of the 187 staff are older, and B&Q have long found this national policy works. The reason is blindingly
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Results are so important
LIKE thousands of families up and down the country we are currently waiting for academic results with bated breath. Three years of a university course demands a satisfactory conclusion, but I fear some of us have not grasped the importance of degree levels
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Jane dicing with credibility
HOLLYWOOD actress Jane Seymour, she of the tumbling tresses, has done her first topless scene at 54 and I hope she doesn't live to regret it. She appears in a new film The Wedding Crashers in which co-star Owen Wilson rips off her top during a steamy
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Water prank not funny
THE Channel 4 idiots who squirted Tom Cruise with water at the premiere of the 'War of the Worlds' film during one of his famous walkabouts probably did more damage than just a soaked star. They were, apparently, working on a new 'comedy' programme, but
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No shining example
BOLTON is the lighthouse that turned Westhoughton into a shipwreck. T T Riley Dixon Street Westhoughton
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Recycling needs sensible approach
AS we are reminded, it is up to councils to decide the frequency of household waste collection. However, this has to be often enough, and clearly, if rubbish bags are accumulating when they never did before, the council is failing to discharge its responsibilities
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Stand up for the community
WELL, said Ainslie Casson! It is about time we stood up for our town instead of Bolton Council trying to ruin it. As a born and bred "Keaw-yed", and proud of it, let's get our community together. Let's get Market Street together, invite our Bolton traders
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What a flippin problem
REGARDING your item Heavy Bins.Congratulations to Mr James Ashton on his stance, and to the council on its Health and Safety policies, which is, as it should be, the safety of their employees. But then they begin to push for a twice-a-month collection
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New appeal in hunt for rapist
DETECTIVES say they have had a poor response to an appeal for information about a rape attack in Walkden. A 17-year-old girl was dragged into an alleyway and raped just off Old Clough Lane shortly after she got off a bus on Manchester Road. It is believed
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Loving couple's wonderful life
JOYCE and George Head are part of a very rare breed - they have been married for 60 years. The companionable couple from Chorley Old Road, Doffcocker, still laugh at shared memories and still care for each other. They met on the Prom at Blackpool when
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Art group light up galleries
FIVE former Bolton art students look poised to dazzle galleries across Lancashire after they joined together to form an art group. Stan Hodson, Christine Southworth, Malcolm Taylor and Russell Ramsden all attended Bolton College of Art in the early 1960s
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Radio duo set for fame in the USA
SARA Cox and Vernon Kay have a chance to win over a new legion of fans in America as Radio 1 signs a deal with a US satellite radio broadcaster. BBC Radio 1 will be heard on American airwaves - the first time US audiences will be able to hear broadcasts
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Talbot signs on for Mansfield
JASON Talbot, the 20-year-old full-back released by Wanderers, has signed a one-year contract with Mansfield.
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Results on June 22
ALL the details Healey Karwat Handicap: Bolton Motor Bodies 214 OGT Ltd Ladies 179; Church Hotel Ladies 161 Church Inners 183(I); Crompton XI 135 D Railway Ladies 12; FSCC C 207 Little Lever XI 231; Farnworth & District Vets 295 Heaton Conservatories
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Fixtures
Section A: Tue: Darcy Lever C&SC B v Walkden Cricket Club A (Audrey Price), Little Lever XI v Darcy Lever C&SC A (Dennis Foulkes), Rupert Ladies A v Heaton Cricket Club A (Bob Moffat); Wed: Davies XI v Aspull Ladies XI (Maureen Fletcher); Thur
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It's war for Williams at the Bolton Arena
FORMER British heavyweight champion Danny Williams is planning to go to war with current champion Matt Skelton when they collide on Saturday, July 16, at the Bolton Arena. The clash is a real Battle of Britain between the two best heavyweights in the
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Town looking for new boss
ATHERTON Town are on the lookout for a second team Manager after the departure of Mike Glegg. Glegg has joined Atherton Colls as assistant to Alan Lord after transforming the second XI and taking then to third place in the league. The first team also
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Lester named as LR boss
ATHERTON LR have announced their third manager in less than a month after Mike Lester took over the hotseat at Crilly Park. Following the shock departure of Andy Nelson and Stuart Humfreys to Leigh RMI, Rovers have appointed former Manchester City and
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Smoke ban 'not forceful enough'
THE government has begun consultation on its proposals to ban smoking in public places - but Bolton's health chiefs have already delivered their verdict. They say the measures do not go far enough. Plans to stub out smoking in enclosed public places were
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Terriers' open evening
A CHANCE to find out more about local Territorial Army activities is on offer on Tuesday, July 5 when 216 (The Bolton Artillery) Battery holds an open evening. Potential new recruits or interested members of the public can see equipment and talk to personnel
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Steering for Blackpool
MORE than 500 classic and contemporary vehicles will be heading towards Blackpool this weekend for the resort's Great Promenade Motor Show. Totally Transport takes place on Sunday. Among the line-up will be more than 100 hundred Minis on a Minifinity
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Phoenix star's comedy night
ORIGINAL characters from "Phoenix Nights" will be performing once more at St Gregory's Guilds Club in Farnworth. A comedy night organised for Farnworth Arts Festival at the venue where Peter Kay's hit TV series was filmed takes place on Thursday, July
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Charity disco at fire station
BOLTON Central Fire Station are staging a charity bash in aid of Royal Bolton Hospital and the Firefighters National Benevolent Fund. The event, the biggest held by the firestation, will be held on Saturday, July 9. A disco and bar will be put on at the
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Setting the scene at the Octagon
THOSE visiting the Octagon theatre on a regular basis could be forgiven for thinking they had turned up at the wrong place. For Richard Foxton, who has just designed his 50th set for the theatre, has used every trick in the book to accommodate unusual
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How to get Bolton Arena tickets
WHERE to buy Bolton Arena tickets. Priced at £35, £50, £75, £125, tickets for the big event on July 16 are available from Ticket Master on 0870 602 1122 or online at www.frankwarren.tv
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Setting the scene at the Octagon
THOSE visiting the Octagon theatre on a regular basis could be forgiven for thinking they had turned up at the wrong place. For Richard Foxton, who has just designed his 50th set for the theatre, has used every trick in the book to accommodate unusual
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Don't demean the potato
PERHAPS the Campaign for Real Lettuce would like to get together with the people who want to ban the phrase 'couch potato' because it demeans the potato. Together, they could form the Vegetable Liberation Front. Right on!
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Duchess of Pork?
NOW slimline Sarah Ferguson has had a sandwich named in her honour at an American deli. The grilled chicken and cheese created is called the Fergie. Nothing at all to do with her other, obviously now defunct nickname, the Duchess of Pork.
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Is anyone for tennis?
DON'T you love Wimbledon fortnight? It's normally a national triumph of optimism over reality for us Brits, with the side-effect of turning us all into armchair pundits or wannabe Maria Sharapovas. We castigate players for not trying hard enough, serving
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Khan fight set for sell-out
BOXING promoters are expecting a sell out crowd for Bolton hero Amir Khan's professional debut. Amir, who won a silver medal at the Athens Olympics, will be in action at the Bolton Arena on July 16. And even though he does not top the fight night bill
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A danger in our midst
ASBESTOS was thought to be a perfectly safe material for many years - now we know it is deadly. Fluoride could possibly be just as dangerous in the long term. The vast majority of Bolton people do not want it in their water. It is the parents' responsibility
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Driver alert in pedestrian zone
I AM writing to express my concerns about Brackley Street, Farnworth and the increasing number of cars speeding up and down the pedestrian zone. This has been a problem for many years and has become a lot worse of late. I was walking with my three-year-old
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Architecture should be cherished
SO we are to be asked what makes Bolton special, and whether we want Bolton to become a clone town. I thought we had already made it clear, through a petition of more than 80,000 signatures, that there was a will to keep the small, individually-owned
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Use Dispersal Order to move travellers on
READERS will be aware of the continued problems of travellers on unauthorised sites around Bolton, including Hulton playing fields in my own ward. Residents continually complain to me about fly-tipping. So you can imagine my delight when I read in the
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Old Trafford Roses match sold out!
LANCASHIRE are expecting a capacity crowd of 15,000 for the televised Twenty20 Roses clash with Yorkshire Phoenix on Friday, July 1. And the club is warning fans without tickets not to bother trying to get in. An official said: "Unless spectators have
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Pupils buy Chelsea a dream machine
GENEROUS pupils at Bolton secondary school raised £700 to buy a specially adapted tricycle for a teenage girl with disabilities. Chelsea West, aged 16, is disabled by a rare undiagnosed condition that gives her tremors and seizures and leaves her unable
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Toddlers walk in aid of Barnardo's
THIRTY toddlers will be walking half-a-mile around a course to raise money for a children's charity. The children, who are all under five-years-old and part of St Bartholomew's Mother and Toddler Group in Westhoughton, will donate the money raised to
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Police chief 'sorry' over letter
THE Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police has apologised for sending a letter to all his staff warning them they could be sacked for racist behaviour. It said that workers could face the sack for any racist, sexist or any other discriminatory behaviour
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Sarah's Tai Chi master class
SARAH Pek is to travel to the Orient to be taught an ancient martial art by one of China's top Tai Chi masters. She will be practising the Tai Chi with Master Liu Yong, one of the country's most acclaimed teachers. Sarah, aged 17, said: "I am very excited
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Public outcry delays new political map
CHANGES to Bolton's Parliamentary ward boundaries have been delayed after hundreds of residents opposed the plans. The Boundary Commission has announced it is to hold a three-week inquiry into the redrawing of the political map following an angry response
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"CARING 40-year-old man. WLTM woman of the same age. Likes boating, walking, going to the cinema and
When this message was placed in the Bolton Evening News' Two's Company column, it caught the eye of divorcee Sharon Sharples. Determined to give herself a second chance of happiness, she replied to the advert. But she never imagined that two years later
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Radet blow for Wanderers
WANDERERS' prospects of signing Auxerre defender, Johan Radet, have been dashed by the player's decision to stay at the French club under new coach Jacques Santini.
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Brown is clear favourite for Derby
PHIL Brown is expected to be named as the new manager of Derby County in the next 24 hours. The Reebok assistant manager, already clear favourite to succeed George Burley at Pride Park, saw his position strengthened when Yeovil manager Gary Johnson effectively
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Reebok ticket rush
WANDERERS are on course for more record crowd figures after an unprecedented ticket rush. More than 16,000 season tickets have already been snapped up - 1,500 more than at this stage last summer and just 3,500 short of the final sales figure - as supporters
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Sam happy with opening start
THEY will kick off with an awkward game at Aston Villa but Wanderers can look forward to one of the most comfortable starts they have ever had to a Premiership campaign. Next season's fixtures, which were released on Thursday, keep the Whites away from
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Interleague practice
JULIE Linley has arranged practices for the Junior Interleague team for this Saturday and next Saturday at Barlow Park (top pitch) at 1pm. Any interested players who wish to be considered should contact Julie on 01204 306661 or 07775 903916.
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Team for Bury clash
THE Senior Interleague game against Bury takes place on Friday at Darcy Lever CC, 7pm. The team will be selected from the following squad Kerry Anderton (capt), Sharron Buller, Joanne Mullard, Angela Booth, Zoe Makin, Joanne Makin, Sarah Gradwell, Jackie
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Latest tables on June 22
Section A P W D L Pt Rupert Lds A 8 8 0 0 16 D/Lever C&SC A 8 7 0 1 14 Aspull Lds XI 8 5 0 3 10 Davies XI 8 5 0 3 10 Nationwide XI 8 4 0 4 8 D/Lever C&SC B 8 3 0 5 6 Walkden CC A 8 3 0 5 6 Little Lever XI 8 3 0 5 4 Heaton CC A 8 1 0 7 2 Rupert
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Centurions planning cup surprise
POWERGEN Challenge Cup outsiders Leigh Centurions insist they are "not just making up the numbers" in this weekend's quarter-finals. Rated as absolute no hopers by most people outside of Leigh, the Centurions don't feel that a victory at the KC Stadium
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Musical pupils did us proud
BOLTON Council are asking "Why are we proud of Bolton"? I can say, that after attending the Festival Of Music at the Victoria Hall on Friday last, I am extremely proud of all the children who took part in such a wonderful event. The organisers, the schools
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£8.6m facelift for colliery site
A FORMER colliery site is being given a new lease of life in a scheme costing £8.6 million. The former 15-hectare Ashton's Field Colliery in Little Hulton is being reclaimed, with half of the site being developed for light industrial use. The other half
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Steering for Blackpool
MORE than 500 classic and contemporary vehicles will be heading towards Blackpool this weekend for the resort's Great Promenade Motor Show. Totally Transport takes place on Sunday. Among the line-up will be more than 100 hundred Minis on a Minifinity
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Home wanted for 20,000 vinyl records
A MOTHER-of-two is in a real spin - she has been bequeathed 20,000 vinyl records and does not know what to do with them. Kelly Skillin says she has just over a month to find a buyer for the records or facing putting the whole lot in a skip after she was
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Toddlers walk in aid of Barnardo's
THIRTY toddlers will be walking half-a-mile around a course to raise money for a children's charity. The children, who are all under five-years-old and part of St Bartholomew's Mother and Toddler Group in Westhoughton, will donate the money raised to
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Want to buy Fleetwood Pier for £1.3m?
FLEETWOOD Pier has been put up for sale at auction with a £1.3m price tag. The pier was built in 1906 and comes complete with five bars, a nightclub, a fish and chip shop and a 100m jetty that reaches into the Wyre estuary reports BBC Manchester.
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Madi's help for burns girl
A BOLTON schoolgirl was so moved by the story of a two-year-old burns victim from Pakistan that she resolved to do something to help. Madi Richardson, aged 13, read a magazine article about the little girl, who will be undergoing treatment for severe
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Bolton bounce back for points
THE Bolton rounders intermediate side continued to pile pressure on Bury with a 123-113 win in the latest Interleague meeting. It brought the score between the two sides to 3-0, despite a strong challange from the visiting team. In a thrilling match,
